Notes

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans: Volume III
page 129
Daniel, Peter Vivian, jurist, was born at "Crow's Nest,"
Stafford county, Va., April 24, 1784; son of Travers and Frances
(Moncure), grandson of Peter and Sarah (Travers) Pierson Daniel;
and great-grandson of James and Margaret (Vivian) Daniel. He was
prepared for college by private tutors and was graduated from
the College of New Jersey in 1805. He studied law under Edmund
Randolph, the first attorney-general of the United States, and
was admitted to the bar in 1808. He was a member [p.129] of the
Virginia legislature in 1809-10, and of the privy council,
1812-30, being at times lieutenant-governor of Virginia and
president of the council ex officio. In 1830 a new constitution
was adopted, reducing the council from eight members to three,
and he was again elected, serving until 1835, when he retired.
In 1836 he was appointed by President Jackson judge of the
United States district court, to succeed Philip P. Barbour,
elected to the supreme bench. On the death of Justice Barbour in
1840, Mr. Daniel succeeded him as associate justice of the U.S.
supreme court, holding the office until his death. He was
married in 1809 to Lucy Nelson, daughter of the Hon. Edmund and
Elizabeth Carter (Nicholas) Randolph. She died in 1847 and he
married in 1853 Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Thomas Harris. He
died in Richmond, Va., May 30, 1860.

Member of Virginia state legislature, 1809-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1818; Judge of U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia, 1836-41; Justice of U.S. Supreme
Court, 1841-60.